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[CfP] "Disrupting technology" Conference, University of Leeds - 16/17 January 2020
by Xanthe Whittaker 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Dear colleagues This call for papers may be of interest to those of you studying work and employment, industrial relations, labour studies and related fields. ### Disrupting technology: contextualising continuity and change in technology, work and employment 16-17th January, Centre for Employment Relations Innovation and Change, University of Leeds Recent scholarship on the relationship between technology and work has often tended to accentuate new technologies’ supposed transformative effects. Conferences on work and employment often feature streams dedicated solely to new technologies – such as platforms or AI – segregated from other streams where technology is mentioned very little. This both narrows our understandings of what constitutes ‘technology’ and contributes to the renewed growth of technological determinism, both in its utopian or dystopian variants- from Fully Automated Luxury Communism” on one hand to a nightmare of total surveillance on the other. Such debates are often speculative and can serve to obscure how actually existing employment relations are being shaped by new technologies. The Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change (CERIC) at Leeds University Business School is pleased to announce a call for papers for a two day event in January 2020 relating to these questions. This workshop calls for more careful, empirically grounded, theorisations of technology, its novelty and its impact on work and employment relations. We ask that contributions recognise the influence of conflicted interests and actions by managers, workers, the state and other social actors on the patterns, processes and outcomes of technological innovation. By devoting more attention to contextualising and historicising the relationship between technology and work, we ask contributors to develop more critical accounts of the extent of transformation and disruption, vis-à-vis entrenchment or continuity of existing social relations and employment relationships. Beyond the technology itself, what is genuinely novel and transformative about automation, AI or ‘platformisation’, which more mundane technologies might we be missing from the analysis? We welcome contributions of themes including: 1. The state, regulation and new technology 2. Historical research on the introduction of new technologies of work 3. Management, resistance, organization, and technology 4. Occupations, skills, professions, and technology 5. Inequalities (race, gender, (dis)ability) and technology 6. Methods for studying work and technology – towards a research agenda Submission details Registration will be £100 for full academic staff and £50 for PhD students, with an optional £25 for the conference meal. Please submit abstracts to c.r.umney(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:c.r.umney@leeds.ac.uk> or i.bessa(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:i.bessa@leeds.ac.uk> with a deadline of 10th October. Registration links will be available from October. ************************************************************************************************************************ Dr Xanthe Whittaker Postdoctoral Research Fellow Work and Employment Relations Division Leeds University Business School University of Leeds LS2 9JT e: x.whittaker(a)leeds.ac.uk m: 07901335613 @XantheWhittaker

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Invitation to participate in the IBSTPI Instructor Competencies validation study - Online, F2F, and blended
by Lee, Mark 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Dear colleagues: The International Board of Standards for Training, Performance, and Instruction (IBSTPI) is undertaking the task of updating its previously international validated and published set of Instructor Competencies (2004). Last fall, we began our initial validation study and we now are seeking additional responses. If you have instructor responsibilities and/or manage other staff with such responsibilities, we would be very grateful for your participation. (If you previously responded to the survey, we greatly appreciate your time, but there is no need to respond again.) Please note that the focus of this project is on instructors working with adult learners in career and vocational training, higher education, and organizational/workplace settings (including face-to-face, online, and blended modes of delivery). Numerous other studies and organizations have addressed the instructional and other competencies of K-12 teachers, which fall outside of IBSTPI’s scope. We expect that it should take approximately 30 minutes of your time. As an incentive to complete the survey, if you do so by the survey response deadline of September 30, 2019, you are eligible to participate in a drawing for a chance to win one of 10 complete sets of the IBSTPI competencies and performance statements. At the end of the survey, you will also have the opportunity to opt in to IBSTPI’s mailing list to receive updates pertaining to the Instructor Competencies revision project as well as other IBSTPI activities and initiatives. There are no identified or anticipated risks from participating in this study (00009153). By completing and submitting the survey, you are giving consent for your response to be included in the study. All information that you provide will remain confidential and will be de-identified for all analyses. Should you choose to provide your name and email address for the prize drawing and/or to facilitate your addition to the IBSTPI mailing list, that information will not be linked to your survey response. You may choose not to answer specific questions or withdraw from the study at any time by exiting the survey website. To complete the survey, please click here: https://sdsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bfsXUwQpUcnZUP3 Please share this invitation with other instructors (and managers of instructors) who work with adult learners. Kathy Jackson, PhD IBSTPI Director Member of the Instructor Competencies revision team klj11(a)psu.edu

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46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020): Last Mile for Paper Submission
by Announce Announcements 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

*** Last Mile for Paper Submission *** 46th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2020) Atlantica Miramare 4* Beach Hotel, Limassol, Cyprus January 20-24, 2020 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline (full paper): September 2, 2019 (AoE) *** (Proceedings to be published by Springer. Springer will sponsor the Best Paper Award with ?1000) INVITED SPEAKERS · Mikolaj Bojanczyk, Poland · Ernesto Damiani, UAE · Erol Gelenbe, UK · Gunnar Klau, Germany · Elias Koutsoupias, UK SOFSEM (SOFtware SEMinar) is an annual international winter conference devoted to the theory and practice of computer science. The first SOFSEM was organized in 1974. SOFSEM consists of invited talks by prominent researchers, of contributed talks selected from the submitted papers, and of the Student Research Forum. The program is organized in plenary talks and parallel tracks devoted to original research in the selected research areas. SOFSEM has a long-standing tradition of facilitating discussions and collegial interactions. It is well-known for its familiar and inspiring atmosphere and as a meeting place for active and leading computer scientists. SOFSEM is a track-based conference. It features the traditional track on foundations of computer science and a number of other tracks that cover contemporary important areas, such as artificial intelligence, cryptography, security, verification, data science, knowledge engineering, social computing and human factors, software and web engineering, etc. The Track Chairs are soliciting technical papers for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. The topics of the conference are organised in four tracks and the (non exhaustive) list of topics for each track is as follows: Foundations of Computer Science · Algorithms and data structures · Automata and formal languages · Complexity theory · Computability theory · Cryptography and security · Graphs and networks · Machine learning · Non-classical models of computing · Theory of databases, semi-structured data, and finite model theory · Theory of programming languages Foundations of Software Engineering · Methods and tools for improved software processes · Software architecture of complex software-intensive systems · Requirements Engineering · Model-based software engineering methods and tools · Data-driven improvement of methods, models, and tools · Methods and tools for software engineering applications · Empirical Software Engineering Foundations of Data Science · Data Models and Query Languages · Data Integration and Interoperability · Query Processing and Optimization · Distributed, Parallel, and P2P Data Processing and Management · Data Semantics and Linked Data · Spatial, Temporal, Multimedia Data · Web- and Graph-based Data · Probabilistic and Uncertain Data · Information Extraction and Retrieval · Data Privacy, Security, and Trust Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology · Alignment and assembly of sequences · Biological networks · Cancer genomics · Comparative genomics · Gene expression · Phylogenetics · Sequence analysis · System biology PAPER SUBMISSION Detailed guidelines for submission are available on the conference web site (https://cyprusconferences.org/sofsem2020/) Papers must be submitted electronically via Easychair in standard Springer format (max 12 pages, including references, etc.). The submision link is: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process. PROCEEDINGS The proceedings will be published by Springer in the ARCoSS/LNCS series. IMPORTANT DATES · September 2nd, 2019 (AoE): Submission of full papers · October 14th, 2019: Notification of acceptance/rejection · October 28th, 2019: Camera ready papers & author registration · November 25th: Early (non author) registration · January 20th - 24th, 2020: Conference dates ORGANISATION General Chairs · Yannis Manolopoulos, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Steering Committee · Barbara Catania, University of Genova, Italy · Miroslaw Kutylowski, Wroclaw Uni. of Technology, Poland · Jan van Leeuwen, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands · Tiziana Margaria-Steffen, University of Limerick, Ireland · Branislav Rovan, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia · Petr Saloun, Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic · Julius Stuller, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, chair Tracks and Track Chairs · Foundations of Computer Science: Christos Kapoutsis, Qatar · Foundations of Data Science: Herodotos Herodotou, Cyprus · Foundations of Software Engineering, Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, Greece · Foundations of Algorithmic Computational Biology, Riccardo Dondi, Italy and Florian Sikora, France Student Research Forum Chair · Theodoros Tzouramanis, Greece Webadmin · Kyriakos Georgiades, Cyprus

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Job offer: Research Associate "Ethics in Information Technologies", University of Hamburg
by Judith Simon 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Dear colleagues, We are looking for a PhD student or PostDoc for a two-year, full-time position in the project “GOAL - Governance of and through algorithms”. You will join the team “Ethics in Information Technologies” at the University of Hamburg. The working language in our group is English, but the reporting towards the funding agency and the internal project communication will be mostly in German. Hence, excellent German and English skills are required. You can find further information about the project and the link to the official announcement below (in German). https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/about/newsfeed/20190829-goal-… <https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/about/newsfeed/20190829-goal-…> The deadline for the application is 20.09.2019. All the best, Judith Simon -------------------------- Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Wir suchen eine/n Wissenschaftlicher/in im Arbeitsbereich "Ethik in der Informationstechnologie” an der Universität Hamburg für das BMBF-Projekt "GOAL - Governance von und durch Algorithmen” (TVL-13, 100%, 2 Jahre). Gesucht wird ein/e Bewerberin aus Philosophie, Politikwissenschaft oder einer eng verwandten Disziplin, idealerweise mit Schwerpunkt Technikphilosophie, Politischer Theorie, Computerphilosophie, Computerethik oder Values in Design. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 20.09.2019. Die Stellenausschreibung sowie weitere Informationen über unsere Arbeitsgruppe findet man hier: https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/about/newsfeed/20190829-goal-… <https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/about/newsfeed/20190829-goal-…> Weiter Informationen über das Projekt: Das vom Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) finanzierte Verbundprojekt "GOAL - Governance von und durch Algorithmen" ist eine interdisziplinäre Kooperation zwischen der Universität Hamburg, der Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, der Technischen Universität Kaiserslautern sowie dem Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. Im Projekt soll untersucht werden wie einerseits die Governance von risiko-behafteten Algorithmen gestaltet werden kann und andererseits wie Algorithmen selbst Gover- nancefunktionen ausüben. Der inhaltliche Schwerpunkt der Forschung soll einerseits in der Analyse der ethischen und poitischen Herausforderungen liegen, welche sich durch den Einsatz KI-basierter oder allgemeiner algorithmischer Entscheidungssysteme in verschiedenen gesellschaftlichen Sektoren ergeben, bspw. in Bezug auf Gerechtigkeit und Schutz vor Diskriminierung, Autonomie, Freiheit, Pri- vatheit oder Vertrauenswürdigkeit. Basierend auf dieser Analyse sollen Chancen und Risiken der werte-bewussten/ethischen Technologiegestaltung im Kontext von KI spezifiziert werden, um gesellschaftliche Werte, Normen und Prinzipien in Technologien zu implementieren. Ferner soll untersucht werden, wie unterschiedliche Formen von Governance, z. B. Governance durch Technologie, Recht, Selbstverpflichtungen oder ökonomische Anreize kombiniert werden können und sollen, um KI so zu gestalten, dass individuelle und soziale Risiken minimiert und ge- sellschaftliche Werte wie Chancengleichheit, Teilhabe, individuelle Freiheit und Gemeinwohlinteressen zum Ausdruck gebracht und implementiert werden können. Herzliche Grüße, Judith Simon PS: Bitte die Ausschreibung gerne auch weiterleiten! ———————— Prof. Dr. Judith Simon Professor for Ethics in Information Technology Universität Hamburg | Department of Informatics Vogt-Kölln-Str. 30 | 22527 Hamburg | Germany phone: + 49 (0)40 42883 2020 email: simon(a)informatik.uni-hamburg.de <mailto:simon@informatik.uni-hamburg.de> web: https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/team/simon.html <https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/en/inst/ab/eit/team/simon.html>

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The future cemetery - Research fellow position at Melbourne University
by Bjorn Nansen 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Hi all, We are hiring a research fellow to work on our interdisciplinary project The Future Cemetery at the University of Melbourne – it is located in the computing department and has a design element, but would suit folks with media studies background. See job ad here: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/900720/research-fellow-the-future-cem… best, bjorn Dr Bjorn Nansen Media and Communications Program The University of Melbourne T +61 3 8344 9122 | E nansenb(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:nansenb@unimelb.edu.au> W https://unimelb.academia.edu/bjornnansen

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ICTD 2020 Call For Papers
by Neha Kumar 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

The CfP for ICTD 2020 is out! Begin forwarded message: *From: *Nicola Dell <nixdell(a)cornell.edu> *Subject: **ICTD 2020 Call For Papers* *Date: *August 29, 2019 at 8:24:47 AM EDT *Cc: *Indrani Medhi <indranim(a)microsoft.com> Please forward and share with your networks.... *ICTD 2020* ****Call for Papers*** <https://ictd2020.org/participate/cfp/>* Deadline for submission of full papers: *December 20th, 2019* Conference will be held in June, 2020 The 11th International Conference on *Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD 2020)* invites you to submit your work. To be held in cooperation with ACM SIGCAS, ICTD 2020 will provide an international forum for scholarly researchers to explore the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of social, political, and economic development. The conference will be in June 2020, with the exact dates and location finalized and announced shortly. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have become more pervasive in the lives of people around the world. They are being used in various facets of daily life ranging from economics to health care, education to governance, family life to artistic expression. Diverse groups across the world interact with, are impacted by, and can shape the design of these technologies. The ICTD conference provides a forum for analyzing, critiquing, refining, and inventing new ways in which individuals, communities, and societies interact with and make use of these tools and platforms. There are multidisciplinary challenges associated with the design, engineering, application, and adoption of ICTs in low- and middle-income regions and/or other resource-constrained settings, with implications for design, policy, and practice. For the purposes of this conference, the term “ICT” comprises electronic technologies for information processing and communication, as well as systems, use of big data, interventions, and platforms built on such technologies. “Development” includes, but is not restricted to, poverty alleviation, education, agriculture, healthcare, communication, gender equality, governance, infrastructure, environment, and sustainability. The conference program will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ICTD research and publishing traditions, with anticipated contributions from fields including (but not limited to) anthropology, computer science, communication, data science, design, economics, electrical engineering, geography, HCI, information systems, political science, public health, and sociology. *FULL PAPERS* An ICTD Full Paper must make a new and complete research contribution, articulate how it is advancing the field of ICTD, and provide complete and substantial support for its results and conclusions. All submissions must be original work; the submitter must clearly document any overlap with previously published or simultaneously submitted papers from any of the authors. Failure to point out and explain overlap will be grounds for rejection. Simultaneous submission of the same paper to another venue with proceedings or a journal is not allowed and will be grounds for rejection. Contact the papers chairs (ictd2020papers(a)gmail.com) if there are questions about this policy. Papers will be evaluated via double-blind peer review by a multidisciplinary panel of at least three reviewers, one of whom will come from outside the paper’s disciplinary domain in order to ensure broad readability. *ANONYMOUS SUBMISSION* Papers must be submitted in a form suitable for anonymous review: no author names or affiliations may appear on the title page, and papers should avoid revealing their identity in the text. When referring to your previous work, do so in the third person, as though it were written by someone else. Only blind the reference itself in the (unusual) case that a third-person reference is infeasible. Publication as a technical report or in an online repository does not constitute a violation of this policy. Contact the papers chairs (ictd2020papers(a)gmail.com) if you have any questions. Papers that are not properly anonymized may be rejected without review. *HUMAN SUBJECTS AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS* Submissions that describe experiments with human subjects, that analyze data derived from human subjects, or that otherwise may put humans at risk should: - Disclose whether the research received an approval or waiver from each of the authors' institutional ethics review boards (IRB) if applicable. - Discuss steps taken to ensure that participants and others who might have been affected by an experiment were treated ethically and with respect. If a paper raises significant ethical concerns, it might be rejected based on these concerns. *PAGE LIMITS AND FORMATTING* Submitted papers may include up to 10 pages of text (including figures and tables) and up to 3 pages of appendices (if appropriate). References do not count towards these page limits. Reviewers are not required to read appendices. Papers should be submitted in the two-column CHI 2020 proceedings format (templates available for <https://www.ictdx.org/s/newCHIformat.zip>LaTeX <https://chi2020.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/proceedings.zip>, Overleaf <https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/chi2020-proceedings/qtdvrwbtqxww> or Microsoft Word <https://chi2020.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SIGCHI-CHI20-Sample-Pape…>). Submissions must be in Portable Document Format (.pdf). Authors should pay special attention to unusual fonts, images, and figures that might create problems for reviewers. Your document should render correctly in Adobe Reader 9 and when printed in black and white. Submissions will be checked for conformance to these requirements. Failure to adhere to the page limit and formatting requirements are grounds for rejection without review. *CONFLICTS OF INTEREST* During submission of a research paper, the submission site will request information about conflicts of interest of the paper's authors with program committee (PC) members. It will be the responsibility of all authors of a paper to identify all and only their potential conflict-of-interest PC members, according to the following definitions. A paper author has a conflict of interest with a PC member when and only when one or more of the following conditions holds: - The PC member is a co-author of the paper. - The PC member has been a co-worker in the same company or university within the past two years. - For student interns, the student is conflicted with their supervisors and with members of the same research group. If the student no longer works for the organization, then they are not conflicted with a PC member from the larger organization. - The PC member has been a collaborator within the past two years. - The PC member is or was the author's primary thesis advisor, no matter how long ago. - The author is or was the PC member's primary thesis advisor, no matter how long ago. - The PC member is a relative or close personal friend of the author. For any other situation where the authors feel they have a conflict with a PC member, they must explain the nature of the conflict to the PC chairs, who will mark the conflict if appropriate. Papers with incorrect or incomplete conflict of interest information are subject to rejection. *CONFERENCE SUBMISSION SERVER * Submission site coming soon. *PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATION* Papers will be archived by default in the ACM Digital Library (unless otherwise requested by authors). Authors are responsible for obtaining appropriate publication clearances. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the conference. *DATES AND DEADLINES* *December 20th, 2019: Deadline for submitting full papers* February 15th, 2020: Notification of acceptance or rejection March 20, 2020: Camera-ready papers due June, 2020: Presentations at ICTD 2020 *All submissions are due at 8pm, Anywhere on Earth* Contact the papers chairs ictd2020papers(a)gmail.com if you have any questions. *PAPERS CHAIRS* Nicola Dell (Cornell Tech) Indrani Medhi Thies (Microsoft Research) *ICTD STEERING COMMITTEE* Michael Best (Georgia Tech) Dorothea Kleine (Univ. of Sheffield), Nithya Sambasivan (Google), Janaki Srinivasan (Int'l Inst. of Information Technology, Bangalore), Kentaro Toyama (Univ. of Michigan), Joseph Muliaro Wafula (Jomo Kenyatta Univ. of Agriculture and Technology) *(The language in this CFP uses material from prior calls and other conference CFPs.) *

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TT Assistant Professor of Communication Position at the University of Arkansas
by Stephanie Schulte 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Hello All, The University of Arkansas is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor. It's a great place to live and work! https://jobs.uark.edu/postings/36294 The University of Arkansas Communication Department seeks applicants for an Assistant Professor of Communication to begin August 2020 with a rhetorical and/or critical research agenda. The Department will give particular consideration to candidates researching identity markers, such as class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, dis/ability, religion, and nationality. Completed applications received by 09/29/2019 will be assured full consideration. Best wishes, Steph -- Stephanie Ricker Schulte / Associate Chair / Associate Professor of Communication University of Arkansas / 417 Kimpel Hall / Fayetteville, AR 72701 / 479 575 5956 *Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture <http://nyupress.org/books/9780814708675/>*

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money and migrant domestic workers > references
by Antonia Hernández 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Hi everyone, As a background for a research project, I am looking for academic work on the circulation of money by migrant domestic workers. Would this illustrious network help me with that search? Thank you, Antonia Hernández <http://antoniahernandez.com>

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ACM FAT* 2020: Call for Critiquing/Rethinking FAT* Sessions and for Tutorials
by Veale, Michael 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

The 2020 ACM Conference on Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency in Computing Systems (ACM FAT* 2020) in Barcelona, Spain on January 27–30 2020 promises to be a lively event, with almost 300 submitted full papers across 5 tracks now under review. There is still time to get involved! This can be either through: 1. A session for the CRAFT programme — flexible sessions (e.g. panels, debates, unconferences, art exhibit) focussed on Critiquing and Rethinking Accountability, Fairness and Transparency (in the spirit of the CRACT workshop at NeurIPS). 2. A tutorial for the main conference. ## CRAFT: Critiquing and Rethinking Accountability, Fairness and Transparency ## The success of the field of fairness, accountability, and transparency has also attracted much critique and renewed attention to the limitations of achieving these goals in systems that implement statistical, machine learning, optimization, or autonomous computing techniques. A number of prominent studies acknowledge that addressing societal problems embedded in such computing systems may require more holistic approaches. In the spirit of reflection and response, we invite academics of all disciplines and people representing different communities of practice (including journalism, advocacy, organizing, education, art, public authorities) to contribute to a program that will be subject to its own review process and that will be embedded in the ACM FAT* conference. These sessions might, for example, be any of the following (or more): Interactive Workshop / Panel / Debate / Unconference / Art Exhibit or Other Artistic Intervention / Site Visit / Poster or Demo Session / Lightning Talk(s) / Rump Session. This is not, however, a route for submission of a conventional academic paper. They need not be organised by academics: all interested groups are more than welcome to submit. We are especially interested in proposals that: * Are accessible to people coming from multiple communities of practice (academic, industry, journalistic, artistic, activist, organizing, etc.) * Go beyond a conventional academic approach of critiquing FAT* * Offer a vision that helps fulfil the aims of the CRAFT call Chairs: Seda Guerses, TU Delft Seeta Peña Gangadharan, London School of Economics Suresh Venkatasubramanian, U Utah | CRAFT proposal pre-registration: September 9th | CRAFT proposal submission: September 12th | CRAFT notification date: October 3th | https://fatconference.org/2020/callforcraft.html ## TUTORIALS ## We are soliciting three types of tutorials for 2020: hands-on tutorials, translation tutorials, and implications tutorials. We will give presenters 45 or 90 minutes for translation and implication tutorials, and 90 or 180 minutes for hands-on. * Hands-on tutorials should offer a broad audience the chance to experiment with new software packages designed to support ACM FAT* efforts. * Translation tools translate between disciplines; for instance, by explaining computer science concepts in a way that will be practically useful for lawyers, policy makers, social scientists and other practitioners, or by explaining legal, policy, or social science concepts in a way that will guide computer scientists in their future technical explorations. * Implications tutorials should cover known legal, policy, or socio-economic effects of unfair algorithmic systems, lack of interpretability of machine learning models, biases in the data, or other ACM FAT* related issues. | Tutorials proposal pre-registration: September 9th | Tutorials proposal submission: September 12th | Tutorials notification date: October 3th | https://fatconference.org/2020/callfortutorials.html Chairs: Reuben Binns, Oxford University Michèle Finck, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition Margaret Mitchell, Google -- Michael Veale Lecturer in Digital Rights and Regulation Faculty of Laws, University College London @mikarv / https://michae.lv

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12-month Project Manager / Postdoctoral Researcher role at the University of Oxford
by Mark Graham 29 Aug '19

29 Aug '19

Dear Colleagues, (with apologies for cross-posting) The deadline for the below job has been extended until next week. We're building an exciting team who are doing research on platform working conditions - together with colleagues in India, South Africa, Germany, and the UK. For those unable to apply for this role, we'll also be advertising for another Postdoctoral Researcher role in the next few weeks. Kind regards, Mark *Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager* *Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford* *Grade 8: £40,792 - £48,677 p.a.* We are looking for someone to join our team of researchers <https://fair.work/project-team/> from around the world. The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Manager to work with the Fairwork Foundation <https://fair.work/>. This position provides an exciting opportunity to work with our team to co-develop standards <https://fair.work/principles/> of fair work and apply them to digital platforms in South Africa, India, Germany, and the UK. Applicants will have a relevant postgraduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. Excellent writing, presentation abilities, and analytical skills are also required. Applicants should be highly organised, be able to effectively manage multiple ongoing tasks, and have experience coordinating between a diverse group of stakeholders. As the successful candidate, you will be based at Fairwork Foundation within the Oxford Internet Institute. You will be part of a team of researchers based in the UK, South Africa, India, and Germany, and will collaborate with colleagues in those places to: co-develop thresholds and principles of fair work that apply to the platform economy; design strategies and carry out research to evaluate platforms against those thresholds; collaborate in the preparation of publications and research outputs to disseminate the evaluations of platforms against principles of fair work. Based in the heart of Oxford, this post is available immediately and is fixed-term until 30 June 2020 in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter. More information about the position is available here <https://my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.display_form?p_c…> . Only applications received before 12.00 midday on Monday 2 September 2019, will be considered. Interviews for those shortlisted will take place week commencing 23 September 2019. ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham Professor of Internet Geography Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford @geoplace <http://twitter.com/geoplace> | markgraham.space New publications: Graham, M. (ed). 2019. Digital Economies at Global Margins <https://www.idrc.ca/en/book/digital-economies-global-margins>. Cambridge MA: MIT Press. Graham, M., and Anwar, M. A. 2019. The Global Gig Economy: Towards a Planetary Labour Market? <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220388.2018.1554208> First Monday. 24(4). doi.org/10.5210/fm.v24i4.9913. <http://twitter.com/geoplace>

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